Service ribbon bar



March 15, 1949. J. M. HILBORN SERVICE 'RIBBON BAR Filed sept. 2s. 1944INVENTOR JEROME M H/LBORN i I i ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 15, 1949 SERVICERIBBON BAR Jerome M. Hilborn, Bronxvlle, N. Y., assignor toHilborn-Hamburger, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New YorkApplication September 23, 1944, Serial No. 555,550

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4 Claims.

This invention relates to service ribbon bars.

An object of this invention is to provide a service ribbon bar of thecharacter described having highly improved Vmeans for clamping theribbon to the bar, said clamping means being so constructed that theribbon can easily be removed .or replaced.

Yet a further object of this invention is to provide a service ribbonbar of the character described on which a plurality of ribbons may bemounted, each of said ribbons being easily separately removable andreplaceable.

Still a further object of this invention is to provide a compact, neatand durable service ribbon bar of the character described, which shallbe relatively inexpensive to manufacture, easy to attach to a garment,and which shall yet be lattractive in appearance, and practical andeicient to a high degree.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in parthereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will beexemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which thescope of application will be indicated .in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown various possibleillustrative embodiments of this invention:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a service ribbon bar embodying theinvention.

`forming part of the service ribbon bar shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is :a perspective view of the clamp plate forming part of theservice ribbon bar shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a front elevational view of a service ribbon bar embodying theinvention as utilized for supporting a plurality of individual ribbons.

Fig. 6 is a top edge View thereof.

Fig. 7 is a rear view thereof.

Fig. 8 is a rear view of three separate ribbon holders end to end, whichmay be mounted on a single service clamp plate.

Fig. 9 is a rear view of the plate clamp forming part of the serviceribbon bar shown in Fig. 5.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, ID designates a service ribbonbar embodying the invention. The same comprises a ribbon holder II onwhich the service ribbon I2 is mounted, and a 2 clamp plate I3 forclamping the ribbon to the ribbon holder.

The ribbon holder II may be made of sheet metal, and comprises achannel-shaped member having a web I5 and parallel top and bottom angesI6. The web I5 may be formed with a cutout or opening I'I to reduce itsweight, and flanges I6 are formed with aligned, narrow, longitudinal,central slots I8 adjacent the web I5. The slots I8 are short relative tothe length of the holder II :as shown in Fig. 3 oi' the drawing. Theribbon I2 has a portion Iza covering the front surface of web I5,portions |2b covering the outer surface of flanges I6, portions I2Ccovering the inner surfaces of flanges I6, and portions |2d contactingpart of the inner surface of the web I5, The holder Il is ofsubstantially the same length as the width of the ribbon and, as shownin Fig. 2 of the drawing, the ribbon is drawn around the edges Ia ofanges I6.

The service ribbon is clamped in place on the holder I I by means of theclamp plate I3. Said plate may also be made of sheet metal. It issubstantially rectangular in shape and adapted to iit into thechannel-shaped holder Il. Clamp plate i3 is substantially as long asholder II and may be formed with ay central cutout or opening 20 toreduce its weight. It is furthermore formed with a pair of outwardlyprojecting, central lugs 2| on the upper and lower longitudinal edges|3a thereof. The width of the plate I3 is such as to nicely fit withinthe holder, allowing for the thickness of the ribbon, and engage theservice rib-bon to hold portions |20 of the ribbon against the innersurfaces of the flanges I5.

The clamp plate also holds portions |2d of the service ribbon againstthe inner surface of web I5; the projections or lugs 2| bulge portionsof the ribbon into slots I8, thereby rmly clamping the ribbon in tautcondition on the ribbon holder II. The clamp plate I3 may be providedwith a pivoted attaching pin 25 for pinning the bar Ill to a garment.Any other suitable means may be provided on clamping plate I3 to attachthe bar to a garment.

In Figs. 5 to 9, there is shown a service bar pin Illa embodying theinvention and illustrating a modified construction. The bar pin Illa isfor mounting a plurality of ribbons in tandem. The bar pin Illacomprises an elongated clamp plate 30, the length of which is a multipleof the length of a single ribbon; thus, it may be either two, three orfour times as long as a single clamp plate I3. It may be formed with aplurality of longitudinal slots 3|, each one centralized with ment.

respect to the length of a single ribbon. The clamp plate 30 is alsoformed in the upper and lower edges thereof with outwardly projectingpairs of lugs 32 centralized relative to the slots 3|. Fitted on theplate 30 are a plurality of holders l! in tandem, with ribbons l2thereon. Thus in the drawing, the service ribbon bar Illa is formounting three ribbons, and hence three ribbon holders, each with aribbon thereon, may be mounted on the one clamp plate. The ribbonholders are separately removable for replacing the ribbons.

The clamp plate 39 may be provided with any suitable means for attachingthe same to a gar- In the drawing, plate 39 is shown to be provided atthe ends thereof with rearwardly projecting pins 35 which may pierce thegarment and receive pin locks thereon. It will be noted that each pairof projections 32 may bulge a ribbon into a pair of slots I8 on one ofthe ribbon holders Il.

To remove a ribbon holder, it is but necessary to press up on one flangeI6 of the holder, and swing the holder out about its lower flange. Theflanges are resilient and hence removal or mounting of the holders iseasily accomplished.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which theseveral objects of this invention are achieved, and which is welladapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made vof the above invention,and as various changes might be made in the embodiments above set forth,it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in theaccompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in alimiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, ist

1. A service ribbon bar comprising a channel- `shaped ribbon holderhaving a web portion and parallel anges extending substantially at rightangles from said web portion, said flanges being formed with openings,and a clamp plate removably fitted between said flanges, and formed withprojections adapted to urge into said openings portions of ribbon onsaid ribbon holder, said holder being of substantially the same lengthas saidclamp plate, and means on the clamp plate for attaching the sameto a garment.

2. In combination, a channel-shaped ribbon holder having a web portion,and parallel flanges extending substantially at right angles from saidweb portion, said anges being formed with openings, a ribbon contactingthe outer surface of the `web and being folded over the outer surfacesof the flanges and around the edges of the flanges and contacting theinner surfaces of said flanges and the inner surface of said web, and aremov- .6 able clamp plate within said ribbon holder, and

Number Name Date 562,828 House et al June 30, 1896 592,610 Hornich Oct.26 1897 1,235,580 McDougall Aug. 7, 1917 '50 1,413,468 Gaunt Apr. 181922 1,490,624 Mitchel Apr. 15, 1924 1,511,093 Pfeiferle Oct. 7, 19241,450,722 Gaunt Apr. 3, 1923 1,852,165 Jabelonsky Apr. 5, 1932 .552,125,699 Updike Aug. 2, 1938 2,355,546 Michaels Aug. 8, 1944 2,413,056Levyn Dec. 24, 1946 FOREIGN PATENTS 0 Number Country Date 135,430 GreatBritain Nov. 27, 1919 between the flanges thereof, said clamp platehaving projections on the longitudinal edges thereof pressing portionsof the ribbon into the openings in said flanges.

3. In combination, a channel-shaped ribbon holder having a web portion,and parallel flanges extending substantially at right angles from saidweb portion, said flanges being formed with openings, a ribboncontacting the outer surface of the web and being folded over the outersurfaces of the flanges and around the edges of the flanges andcontacting the inner surfaces of said flanges and the inner surface ofsaid web, a removable `clamp plate within said ribbon holder, andbetween the flanges thereof, said clamp plate having projections on the`longitudinal edges thereof pressing portions of the ribbon into theopenings in said flanges, said openings being located adjacent the webportion of the holder, and said clamp plate being adapted to pressportions of the ribbon against the inner lsurface of the web, andagainst the inner surfaces of said anges.

4. A multiple service ribbon bar comprising an elongated clamp platehaving on its longitudinal edges spaced pairs of opposite projections,ribbon holders removably secured on said clamp plate in tandem, saidribbon holders each being channel shaped, and having a web portion andyielding parallel anges extending substantially at right angles fromsaid web portion, said flanges being formed with longitudinal slotsadjacent the web, each pair of lugs on the clamp plate 4projecting intoa pair of slots in one of the holders, and a ribbon on each holdercovering the front face of the web and folded around the flanges andcontacting the inner surface of the web, and said lug serving to pressportions of the ribbon into said slots.

JEROME M. HILBORN.

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